Police in the Greeley area have shot 10 suspects in since 2014. All of the shootings, except Saturday’s, have been determined to be justified. Authorities are investigating Saturday’s shooting.

» Greeley police were conducting a prostitution sting at a hotel in the 2400 block of 29th Street on May 21, 2014. When officers moved in to arrest a man who was at the hotel soliciting from an undercover officer dressed as a prostitute, he drew a gun, and officers shot and killed him. He was identified as Raymond Garcia, 31, of Johnstown.

» About 1:30 a.m. June 14, 2014, the desk clerk at the Clarion Hotel called 911 to report a woman in the lobby was bleeding from head wounds. She told the desk clerk her boyfriend, who was armed with a gun, had attacked her. Officers responded and contacted a man, who was later identified as Victor Hernandez of Evans, who began running from the hotel. Officers saw he was carrying a handgun. As he fled from the police, he raised his gun, and officers shot and killed him.

» Greeley police shot and killed a 21-year-old Greeley man on Aug. 13, 2014, in the 1300 block of 4th Street. Just before 3 a.m., a caller to 911 told authorities a relative, who was later identified as Jacinto Zavala, was outside the home and armed with an AR-15 rifle. Zavala told dispatchers he was going to have a shootout with police. When officers ordered him to drop his gun, he raised it toward police. Authorities later determined it was a BB gun.

» Two police officers from Evans and LaSalle on Jan. 4, 2015, shot and killed Michael Rodriguez, 39, at Paradise Billiards, 818 31st St. in Evans. Police were called about 11:30 p.m. on a report of a man with a gun. Officers encountered Rodriguez and ordered him to drop his weapon — a nail gun. He didn’t and officers shot him.

» Greeley police shot and killed Joseph Atencio, 50, June 19, 2015, in the 600 block of 15th Avenue Court in Greeley. Police were called to the neighborhood after a woman who had been shot went to a home across the street seeking assistance. When officers encountered a man they believe shot the woman, they ordered him to drop his gun and he didn’t.

» Greeley police shot Joseph Valentino Perez, 27, on Jan. 25, 2016, at 1327 16th Ave. Greeley police responded to the home twice during the night on a report of an intoxicated man causing a disturbance. Perez fled the home the first time. The second time he resisted arrest, and two officers fired tasers which were ineffective. He advanced on officers with a knife and one officer shot him. Perez was brought to the hospital and survived the shooting.

» On Feb. 25, 2016, two Greeley officers and one LaSalle officer shot and killed Luke Nathan Miller, 27, a little after 3 a.m. near the intersection of U.S. 85 and 37th Street in Evans. The man fled from Evans officers investigating a suspicious vehicle, later shot at one and screamed for police to “kill me,” before pointing his gun at them. Officers then shot Miller.

» Two Greeley police officers shot and killed Sean Ryan Mondragon, 24, — a documented gang member out of Alamosa — just before midnight May 11, 2016, at the intersection of U.S. 85 and 31st Avenue in Evans. The man had tried to rob two women at gunpoint near a bowling alley earlier in the night, pointed his gun at police officers, tried to run them over and then led police on a high-speed chase, crashed and attempted to carjack another vehicle at gunpoint.

» Officers shot Joseph Gerold, who was randomly firing off his gun in Milliken around 1 a.m. May 18, 2016, in the 700 block of South Saddleback Drive. Officers responding to a disturbance call entered the house after they found out a woman inside had been shot. Gerold kept firing when officers entered the house and when confronting the man, they shot him.

» Greeley police officers fatally shot Danny Sanchez, a 40-year-old transient Saturday morning in the 2600 block of 1st Street after they say he rammed a police car and brandished a gun at officers during a high-speed chase. The Weld County Critical Incident Response Team is continuing to investigate the shooting.

Critical Incident Response Team

Referred to informally as the “Shoot Team,” the Critical Incident Response Team is comprised of authorities from across the county. All 24 of Weld’s law enforcement agencies signed off on it last year.

Drawing its leadership and investigators from as many of the agencies as possible, the primary goal of the team is to investigate all officer-involved shootings and bring an increased level of transparency to the process by operating as a multi-jurisdictional cooperative.

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Yellow crime-scene tape blocked off a small cul-de-sac south of 1st Street in the Villa West mobile home park as authorities gathered evidence Saturday.

Hours earlier, just before 2 a.m., Greeley police had fatally shot Danny Sanchez, a 40-year-old transient, after authorities say he rammed a police vehicle with his car and pointed a gun at officers during a pursuit.

About 11:20 p.m. Friday, officers learned Sanchez, who was wanted on felony warrants, was headed to the mobile home park. Officers believed he was possibly armed with a handgun, according to a news release from authorities.

The warrants were:

» Parole violation for escape from the Colorado Department of Corrections.

» A felony warrant out of Larimer County for menacing.

» Previous offender in possession of weapon with notation of violent tendencies.

» Driving without a license for previous DUI arrests.

Almost two and a half hours after they arrived at the mobile home park, officers saw Sanchez enter a vehicle. As police approached Sanchez, however, they say he abruptly backed out of the driveway and rammed an officer's vehicle before taking off at high speed.

Carlos Benitez, 22, saw the chase as he arrived home from work about 2 a.m., he said. As he walked back from where a friend dropped him off south of the mobile home park, Benitez said he saw the high-speed pursuit go as far south as 5th Street.

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As they chased Sanchez, officers saw him pointing a handgun out the driver's side window, the release stated.

After nearly 8 minutes, Sanchez headed back to the mobile home park, where officers caught up to him about 1:55 a.m. Saturday — back at the trailer where they originally made contact.

Benitez said he didn't think anything of the chase until it returned to the mobile home park. He noticed the suspect driving with popped tires and lights off, he said. Benitez continued heading to his home north of 1st Street, then he heard what sounded like many gunshots.

After 20 or 30 seconds, he said, another round of shots went off.

When officers confronted Sanchez, the release stated, he failed to follow commands and submit to arrest. Officers discharged their weapons.

Sanchez was pronounced dead on scene.

Jose Ortega, 57, lives just south of where shots were fired. His two children, in their early 20s, were visiting from Iowa. They were in the northernmost room when shots went off.

"They all took off running, and when they woke me up, we heard the final shots," Ortega said.

Ortega said it was about 2:10 a.m. when he and his family heard those final shots. He remembers hearing what sounded like 20 or 30 shots fired, he said.

"My son and I looked out the window, and you could hear a lady police officer screaming, 'He's down! He's down!'" Ortega said.

Authorities did not immediately release information about how many shots were fired.

The Weld District Critical Incident Response Team responded to conduct the investigation of the officer-involved shooting. The team is comprised of officers from jurisdictions around Weld County, and it investigates incidents involving the use of lethal force by law enforcement officers.

About a dozen police units were gathered at the scene Saturday, where bright yellow evidence markers littered the ground. Some residents in the mobile home park did their best to carry on as normal, tending their gardens or walking their dogs. Some of Sanchez's family members mourned the loss of life.

"I understand he has a criminal background," Melissa Trillo told Eric Lupher, a reporter with Tribune media partner 7 News. "His criminal background has nothing to do with bringing him down the way they did."

Ortega said it was all too close for comfort, but he's relieved to think the streets are safer.

"A lot of times I think the police do the right thing," he said. "They keep on somebody that's wanted, and that's a good thing for our neighborhood because it makes it safer."

Police-involved shootings

Police in the Greeley area have shot 10 suspects in since 2014. All of the shootings, except Saturday’s, have been determined to be justified. Authorities are investigating Saturday’s shooting.

» Greeley police were conducting a prostitution sting at a hotel in the 2400 block of 29th Street on May 21, 2014. When officers moved in to arrest a man who was at the hotel soliciting from an undercover officer dressed as a prostitute, he drew a gun, and officers shot and killed him. He was identified as Raymond Garcia, 31, of Johnstown.

» About 1:30 a.m. June 14, 2014, the desk clerk at the Clarion Hotel called 911 to report a woman in the lobby was bleeding from head wounds. She told the desk clerk her boyfriend, who was armed with a gun, had attacked her. Officers responded and contacted a man, who was later identified as Victor Hernandez of Evans, who began running from the hotel. Officers saw he was carrying a handgun. As he fled from the police, he raised his gun, and officers shot and killed him.

» Greeley police shot and killed a 21-year-old Greeley man on Aug. 13, 2014, in the 1300 block of 4th Street. Just before 3 a.m., a caller to 911 told authorities a relative, who was later identified as Jacinto Zavala, was outside the home and armed with an AR-15 rifle. Zavala told dispatchers he was going to have a shootout with police. When officers ordered him to drop his gun, he raised it toward police. Authorities later determined it was a BB gun.

» Two police officers from Evans and LaSalle on Jan. 4, 2015, shot and killed Michael Rodriguez, 39, at Paradise Billiards, 818 31st St. in Evans. Police were called about 11:30 p.m. on a report of a man with a gun. Officers encountered Rodriguez and ordered him to drop his weapon — a nail gun. He didn’t and officers shot him.

» Greeley police shot and killed Joseph Atencio, 50, June 19, 2015, in the 600 block of 15th Avenue Court in Greeley. Police were called to the neighborhood after a woman who had been shot went to a home across the street seeking assistance. When officers encountered a man they believe shot the woman, they ordered him to drop his gun and he didn’t.

» Greeley police shot Joseph Valentino Perez, 27, on Jan. 25, 2016, at 1327 16th Ave. Greeley police responded to the home twice during the night on a report of an intoxicated man causing a disturbance. Perez fled the home the first time. The second time he resisted arrest, and two officers fired tasers which were ineffective. He advanced on officers with a knife and one officer shot him. Perez was brought to the hospital and survived the shooting.

» On Feb. 25, 2016, two Greeley officers and one LaSalle officer shot and killed Luke Nathan Miller, 27, a little after 3 a.m. near the intersection of U.S. 85 and 37th Street in Evans. The man fled from Evans officers investigating a suspicious vehicle, later shot at one and screamed for police to “kill me,” before pointing his gun at them. Officers then shot Miller.

» Two Greeley police officers shot and killed Sean Ryan Mondragon, 24, — a documented gang member out of Alamosa — just before midnight May 11, 2016, at the intersection of U.S. 85 and 31st Avenue in Evans. The man had tried to rob two women at gunpoint near a bowling alley earlier in the night, pointed his gun at police officers, tried to run them over and then led police on a high-speed chase, crashed and attempted to carjack another vehicle at gunpoint.

» Officers shot Joseph Gerold, who was randomly firing off his gun in Milliken around 1 a.m. May 18, 2016, in the 700 block of South Saddleback Drive. Officers responding to a disturbance call entered the house after they found out a woman inside had been shot. Gerold kept firing when officers entered the house and when confronting the man, they shot him.

» Greeley police officers fatally shot Danny Sanchez, a 40-year-old transient Saturday morning in the 2600 block of 1st Street after they say he rammed a police car and brandished a gun at officers during a high-speed chase. The Weld County Critical Incident Response Team is continuing to investigate the shooting.

Critical Incident Response Team

Referred to informally as the “Shoot Team,” the Critical Incident Response Team is comprised of authorities from across the county. All 24 of Weld’s law enforcement agencies signed off on it last year.

Drawing its leadership and investigators from as many of the agencies as possible, the primary goal of the team is to investigate all officer-involved shootings and bring an increased level of transparency to the process by operating as a multi-jurisdictional cooperative.